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bockrona wrote:Any chance of the landowner on the Blue trail working with us and allowing the trail to be ridden? What if we bought him a bike or purchased an easement or something? or just talked to him? Not that we have lots of funding, but it seems worth discussing.

Trail was riding nice last weekend, and weather permitting, I may get out there this weekend also.

Noticed a "for sale"sign at the building last night. Who wants a clubhouse?

Didn't they just do a bunch of work on it?Was there a for rent sign out there earlier?

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Did a night ride out there tonight-conditions are pretty good. A greasy corner or two, and a pretty dense coating of leaves on some sections of trail, particularly on Green. A coupla small trees/big branches down but nothing that can't be ridden. Saw a big owl, a few deer, a possum and heard a coyote.

I have to ask, though-does anyone know who marked every little rock and root on most of blue and red with fluorescent paint, and why? I mean, roots the size of my finger. Weird...

SteveF wrote:Did a night ride out there tonight-conditions are pretty good. A greasy corner or two, and a pretty dense coating of leaves on some sections of trail, particularly on Green. A coupla small trees/big branches down but nothing that can't be ridden. Saw a big owl, a few deer, a possum and heard a coyote.

I have to ask, though-does anyone know who marked every little rock and root on most of blue and red with fluorescent paint, and why? I mean, roots the size of my finger. Weird...

Sounds like a great ride. The markings are likely from a run that's there (and over at Woldumar). Seems like it's about this time of year. Think it's the Run-A-Muck event, likely for that.

Runners, that makes sense I guess. I hope they used non-permanent paint--it's a little distracting and not aesthetic.

My favorite is right after the gully on red where you ride down and pop back out of that two-three foot deep ditch, and right at the lip where you come out there's this teeny little root that's been marked. So you don't trip on the little root after stepping in the big ditch! B-)

The markings are more likely about the race organizers (and event insurance) than the runners themselves. Just a guess.

Anyhow, I ran green and red this afternoon--didn't bring a bike 'cause I figured there'd be obstructions (there were)--and ended up spending a couple hours clearing what I could by hand. There are some big trees down on green, another on red, and several smaller obstructions on both. Also found a proper "widow maker" dangling on green that I wouldn't touch. Some pictures below. I didn't get a chance to check out blue, but I can get out there on Thursday if it's helpful.

I can't offer much in the way of tools, but I'm happy to lend a hand if folks with saws and know-how want to call a trail day. Could even bring a cooler of homebrew for afterward, if that draws more people.

Had a chance to walk blue today. Cleared what I could, but there are still 2-3 obstructions that require saws. There's also a dangling limb above the red/blue intersection (where they come together and then quickly diverge): I cut it back so it's not interfering with blue, and it probably won't obstruct either trail if it comes down, but it's a bit precarious.